Montebello High School in California

This is from an email I received from SF yesterday. I do not know the author of the words below.  I see happy children, presumable of Hispanic decent or actually Mexican.  I see excitement and pride in the Mexican flag, not unlike seeing the Italian flag in New England when I was a child. A major, huge, difference is the symbolic upturned flag which is meant to signify distress, placed under the Mexican flag.  This is intentional disrespect, something that I never experienced as a child.  Having attended the funerals of veterans, the flag of the United States is meant to be symbol of strength and purity of our country.  Intentional disrespect of the flag is part of free speech, no doubt, but in this portrayal by CHILDREN, who have NO exposure to PATRIOTISM and SACRIFICE for ones country, have no standing and no right to be respected.  That is earned by voting, serving and paying taxes, none of which these little bastards have done.

After writing this, I did a search, Snopes says it is true, happened in 2006, then found the school's web site:
http://www.mhs.montebello.k12.ca.us/

On the opening page is says:

Montebello High School Students NOT Responsible for Flag Incident on March 27, 2006

Link to an explanation by the school:
http://www.montebello.k12.ca.us/musd_flag_incident_press_release.html

Led by the statement:

First of all, please be advised that the students depicted in the photograph were not Montebello High School students.

Its funny how the internet is, you get emails and pictures, their place an perspective in time is often unclear. From this I feel bad for the school's and children's reputations. The offenders now identified as a spontaneous demonstators from high schools in Whittier and Pico Rivera deserve the above anger.

You will not see this heart-stopping photo on the front page of the NY Times, nor on the lead story of the major news networks. The protesters at Montebello High School took the American flag off the school's flag pole and hung it upside down while putting up the Mexican flag over it.

Pass this along to every American citizen in your address books and to every representative in the state and federal government.. If you choose to remain uninvolved, do not be amazed when you no longer have a nation to call your own nor anything you have worked for left since it will be 'redistributed' to the activists while you are so peacefully staying out of the 'fray'. Check history, it is full of nations/empires that disappeared when its citizens no longer held their core beliefs and values. One person CAN make a difference....
One plus one plus one plus one plus one plus one........ ..
The battle for our secure borders and immigration laws that actually mean something, however, hasn't even begun.

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